potat3r Posted Friday at 06:51 PM Posted Friday at 06:51 PM Tried creating an image file based off of a folder of 16 songs (flac files). Cd player outside of my computer reads "no disc" when inserting. This happens when burning the disc off of the image file or off of the file folder itself. Below is my log from my most recent session. I 13:21:11 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 13:21:11 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) I 13:21:11 Total Physical Memory: 16,454,388 KiB - Available: 8,310,628 KiB I 13:21:11 Initialising SPTI... I 13:21:11 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 13:21:11 -> Drive 1 - Info: DVD RW JQ3M (D:) (USB 2.0) I 13:21:11 Found 1 DVD±RW! I 13:21:33 Operation Started! I 13:21:33 Building Image Tree... I 13:21:37 Checking Directory Depth... I 13:21:37 Calculating Totals... I 13:21:37 Preparing Image... I 13:21:37 Checking Path Length... I 13:21:37 Contents: 15 Files, 0 Folders I 13:21:37 Content Type: Data I 13:21:37 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 13:21:37 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 13:21:37 Volume Label: gkmc I 13:21:37 Size: 568,089,972 bytes I 13:21:37 Sectors: 277,396 I 13:21:37 Image Size: 568,688,640 bytes I 13:21:37 Image Sectors: 277,680 I 13:21:48 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:15 I 13:21:48 Operation Started! I 13:21:48 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 13:21:48 Source File Sectors: 277,680 (MODE1/2048) I 13:21:48 Source File Size: 568,688,640 bytes I 13:21:48 Source File Volume Identifier: gkmc I 13:21:48 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 5A236AAE00043CAB I 13:21:48 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 13:21:48 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 13:21:48 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 13:21:48 Destination Device: [0:0:0] DVD RW JQ3M (D:) (USB) I 13:21:48 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f, CMC Magnetics Corp.) I 13:21:48 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 10x, 16x, 20x, 24x I 13:21:48 Destination Media Sectors: 359,844 I 13:21:48 Write Mode: CD I 13:21:48 Write Type: SAO I 13:21:48 Write Speed: MAX I 13:21:48 Lock Volume: Yes I 13:21:48 Test Mode: No I 13:21:48 OPC: No I 13:21:48 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 13:21:48 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 4,234 KB/s (24x) I 13:21:49 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB) I 13:21:49 Writing LeadIn... I 13:22:13 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 277679) I 13:22:13 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 277679) I 13:25:57 Synchronising Cache... I 13:26:06 Exporting Graph Data... I 13:26:06 Graph Data File: C:\Users\nacham\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\DVD_RW_JQ3M_FRIDAY-JANUARY-3-2025_1-21_PM_97m26s66f_MAX.ibg I 13:26:06 Export Successfully Completed! I 13:26:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:13 I 13:26:06 Average Write Rate: 2,490 KiB/s (14.5x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,330 KiB/s (19.3x)
potat3r Posted Friday at 07:35 PM Author Posted Friday at 07:35 PM Am I doing something wrong here? I was under the impression that flac is the ideal file format for this. I think it might be something to do with only listing one track.
potat3r Posted Friday at 07:36 PM Author Posted Friday at 07:36 PM I am using a verbatim slimline reader and verbatim brand discs.
dbminter Posted Friday at 09:00 PM Posted Friday at 09:00 PM While it's not 100% certain the cause, I would blame this: I 13:21:48 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f, CMC Magnetics Corp.) The CMC Magnetics Verbatim discs are some of the worst in the world. Even though CMC owns Verbatim, CMC makes the trash discs all over the Earth. So, while Verbatim can be the best CD-R out there, you have to have the RIGHT Verbatim discs. You'll want the DataLife Plus/AZO series, NOT the Life Series you find in brick and mortar stores. The DataLife Plus/AZO are generally only found in online stores. So, I would first start by dumping the CMC discs. Over half of all problems on these boards go away when people stop using CMC junk (Usually unaware there's a problem with them.) and switch to the higher quality discs. As I said, it may not be the answer to your problem. It could be your CD player doesn't like CD-R or those particular type of CD-R. Particularly, older CD players have issues with CD-R's.
potat3r Posted Friday at 09:13 PM Author Posted Friday at 09:13 PM 11 minutes ago, dbminter said: While it's not 100% certain the cause, I would blame this: I 13:21:48 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f, CMC Magnetics Corp.) The CMC Magnetics Verbatim discs are some of the worst in the world. Even though CMC owns Verbatim, CMC makes the trash discs all over the Earth. So, while Verbatim can be the best CD-R out there, you have to have the RIGHT Verbatim discs. You'll want the DataLife Plus/AZO series, NOT the Life Series you find in brick and mortar stores. The DataLife Plus/AZO are generally only found in online stores. So, I would first start by dumping the CMC discs. Over half of all problems on these boards go away when people stop using CMC junk (Usually unaware there's a problem with them.) and switch to the higher quality discs. As I said, it may not be the answer to your problem. It could be your CD player doesn't like CD-R or those particular type of CD-R. Particularly, older CD players have issues with CD-R's. This is a very believable explanation, thank you. However, I am able to write discs with MP3 files and the player is able to read them, but there is weird spacing between the tracks.
potat3r Posted Friday at 09:14 PM Author Posted Friday at 09:14 PM Just now, potat3r said: I am able to write discs with MP3 files and the player is able to read them This makes me think its not the disc type being incompatible with the reader, but rather the flac being incompatible with the disc?
dbminter Posted Friday at 09:22 PM Posted Friday at 09:22 PM That is some new information I wasn't privy to before. If the player plays MP3's off of the discs but not Audio CD of the disc, that seems more of a laser read issue. And that could possibly be fixed by trying different better quality media. Particularly since you said there is weird spacing between the MP3 "tracks." That sounds like a playback compatibility issue, which could be fixed by better quality discs or could be down to the player not liking to play from CD-R or that particular CD-R kind. The fact that you're using FLAC shouldn't be an issue when making an Audio CD as long as you "installed" madFLAC before attempting to create the CUE. Even if you only have the one super long track. I've done many Audio CD-R using FLAC's that were like an hour long.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted Saturday at 09:12 AM Posted Saturday at 09:12 AM You aren't burning an Audio CD, so your player needs to support playing flac files from a data disc. Does it?
dbminter Posted Saturday at 01:54 PM Posted Saturday at 01:54 PM Oh, I never made the connection that FLAC files may be just being copied to the CD as a data disc. That would explain why the files could be played but a player may not play the disc. But, it doesn't explain the skipping in between the tracks unless that's down to the player and a laser read issue. Which would be down to the player not liking that particular CD brand. I mentioned madFLAC earlier. Download it, "install" it, and use Create CUE to make an Audio CD. See if your player plays that disc as an Audio CD.
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